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Understanding Ethnic Groups and Religious Groups: Definitions and Differences, Study notes of Religion

Definitions and differences between ethnic groups and religious groups. Ethnic groups are defined by a common heritage, including ancestry, language, history, customs, and traditions. Religious groups are based on a shared belief system and often involve devotional and ritual observances. The document also discusses the relationship between ethnicity and language, as well as examples of ethnic and religious groups.

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Ethnic Group vs.

Religious Group

What’s the difference?

Ethnic group vs. Religious group

Q: What is the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group?

More about the Ethnic Group

Some words used to refer to a group as a separate ethnic group are: tribe, clan, kinship, lineage, family, society, community and heritage.

The language we speak is always an important part of our cultural/ethnic identity.

Let’s do the math…

 Q: How many countries are there in the world?  A: About 200.  Q: How many languages are there in the world?  A: Roughly 7,  THEREFORE, ETHNIC GROUPS ARE NOT DEFINED BY POLITICAL BORDERS

Other factors of ethnic groups

Ancestry, history, customs, and traditions- give us the common traits related to the past of the group.

Shared territory is common location and physical features shared by the group.

Physical appearance are shared characteristics concerning what you look like.

Ethnic Groups Review

Ethnic groups share many common characteristics, such as… language similar physical features customs and traditions

Can you give an example of an ethnic group in Southwest Asia? Arabs, Kurds, Persians, Turks, Bedouins,

It can be confusing because…

By sharing a common religion, people can belong to the same ethnic group BUT

A religious group can include many different ethnic groups

You may be asking HUH?, WHAT?

Some examples:

The Christian religion is a religion practiced widely throughout the world… in North and South America, in Africa, Europe, Australia and Oceania. However would we consider a Christian person from Venezuela the same ethnic group as a Christian person from Fiji?

Many people practice the religion of Islam in the world, but would you consider a Muslim person from Saudi Arabia to be the same ethnic group as a Muslim person from the islands of Indonesia?

Try some more  “I am Chinese.” (ethnicity– nationality)  Bowing in prayer toward Mecca as part of a daily prayers ritual. (religion)  Wearing a heavy alpaca poncho because my family and I live high in the Andes mountains. (ethnicity – shared territory)  I visited Japan and left a saw the notes left to the Kami spirits in the shrine. (religion)  We call ourselves Afrikaners because our forefathers came to South Africa from Europe to settle in a new land. (ethnicity- history)

Sample CRCT Question

Which of these is an ethnic group?

a. Kurd b. Muslim c. Christian d. Jordanian